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Sakura Fest 2017

I went to Sakura Fest 2017 in Tokyo today! It was a really amazing event and has already left both the Japanese and International fandoms buzzing!

Perhaps the biggest and BEST surprise was the reveal of the trailer for the Original Animation DVD coming out with the Special Edition of Volume 3 in September.

You can watch the trailer for the OAD here.

The rest of my rundown is below the cut. :) Most of it was posted on Discord earlier tonight in #ccs-general as well, so if you missed it and are curious, please have a look. I added in a few extra details as they came back to me.

I got to Rune Kodaira Hall just after 12:00. The goods stand was open to the general public at that point, so I did my shopping early before sitting down in the entrance lobby where fans were slowly gathering to wait. I was very lucky to make a friend there too! (Thanks so much for sharing the day with me @brienneoftarth!!)

Around 14:00pm the staff had us line up and we waited for doors to open until about 14:40 or so (they were running a bit behind schedule). After doors were opened, they handed out our “participants’ gifts” which included a flyer for the June Ichiban Kuji, the September 3rd Volume Special Edition, and a pink light up baton wand.

The hallways were really quite crowded! Also, all of the main companies involved with CCS (including Nakayoshi) had arranged for celebratory flower arrangements in honor of Sakura’s birthday. We were allowed inside the concert hall itself at this point, but the performance was still a bit delayed.

Then suddenly, Aya Hisakawa in Kero’s voice addressed the audience, saying Kero’s typical “Konanachiwa!” Kero made sure to scold the audience for not having a bigger reaction at first, but was satisfied after a minute or two. Then Sakura Tange as Sakura started speaking, followed by Junko Iwao as Tomoyo. Tomoyo asked Sakura to read her greeting and allow her to record it. Sakura read a greeting thanking everyone for joining and coming to her birthday party. Megumi Ogata and Motoko Kumai joined in at this point as Yukito and Syaoran respectively.

Then the curtain went up and all five seiyuu appeared. The MC came and she and the VAs greeted the audience. They told us to wave our light batons when anything happened that made us really happy or excited. After this, they proceeded to do a panel for us. The panel was introduced in about 4 parts total, each part being relevant to a certain Clow Card:

#1) The Return #2) The Voice #3) The Song #4) The Release (An unexpected one from the audience since it’s not a card).

The Return:

Fitting the theme of the card, the VA’s reminisced about the beginning of their work on the series as a timeline was displayed on the TV monitor behind them. From memory, the points that stood out to me the most were:

Sakura Tange said she hadn't read it when the serialization started in Nakayoshi, but rather started reading the series when the first tankobon came out. She doesn’t follow the series month by month as many of us do, but prefers to purchase the manga volumes. Incidentally, she’s doing this with Clear Card Arc too and had not yet read Volume 2 yet today.

In terms of their auditions, Aya Hisakawa said she found out the roles and wanted to try for Kero, as she had been doing Ami from Sailor Moon before then. But when she spoke with her manager and said "This is the role I want to do" he reacted baffled and replied "What? Can you do this role??" as she often used Kanto dialect in her roles but is originally from Kansai and can speak that dialect fluently.

Ogata-san's was the funniest recollection: She said she'd been in all sorts of darker roles up until that point and said it was the first time she was in a world where all the characters were "in a happy world." She was worried that Yukito was eventually going to betray or back stab somebody because that's the type of character she usually got cast as.

Then they talked about their auditions and Sakura Tange said she had some memory of having to do the dubbing several times. It took her about 4 rounds of tweaking to finally pinpoint Sakura’s voice.

At some point during the recording sessions, the cast had to come to Nagoya on business and were supposed to be greeted on the platform by someone from Shueisha. They weren’t sure who to would be picking them up, but as the train pulled into the platform, they looked out the windo and saw a very fashionable looking man standing with Kero somehow (I unfortunately didn't catch if it was a plushy or a mascot he had, but probably the former?). The cast got excited and were pointed out the window saying "That's the guy! that's the guy!" Aya Hisakawa said that all the kids on the train were also pointing at the escort because they knew who Kero was. Hisakawa-san said that’s a memory she’ll never forget.

Ogata-san was the complete opposite of Yukito/Yue and was very animated and lively. Kumai-san, on the other hand, was very much like Syaoran and was quite shy.

The cast also discussed certain scenes and clips from the anime. Motoko Kumai reflected on how she had to learn Kansai dialect for the scene from The Change card episode from Aya Hisakawa.

Motoko Kumai confessed that as a result of her voice work for Syaoran, there were several times where she mistakenly went to the men's restroom at work because she was so absorbed with the character.

Kumai-san also said that Syaoran was at an age where his voice would be changing and she was wondering if she would be okay for the role. At that moment, Ogata-san deepened her voice and said “Well then how about me?" It gave everyone a good laugh.

The Voice:

After “The Return” session finished, the next card introduced was The Voice card. The cast did a live voice over of various scenes from the original anime. The scenes were:

#1) When Sakura originally accepts the sealing wand from Kero #2) When Tomoyo finds out about Sakura's secret and meets Kero for the first time #3) When Syaoran tried to take the Clow Cards from Sakura, almost fought with Touya, and met Yukito for the first time #4) The final judgement scene where Mizuki-sensei gives Sakura her second chance and the wand transforms #5) The infamous elevator scene where Syaoran yells Sakura’s name for the first time #6) And finally the opening scene from episode 70 where Sakura is spaced out in the classroom before Syaoran comes in and says good morning to both her and Tomoyo

The best part of it being a live dub over was that the cast ad-libbed several times! In #1) Hisakawa-san shouted "Kero-chan CHEEECK!!!" instead of what the original line was. Everyone laughed and Sakura Tange decided to roll with it and adapted her lines too.

It became a running joke through the rest of the live dub scenes as the characters kept referring to the “Kero-chan Check.”

In #3) when Yukito appears and breaks up the potential fight between Syaoran and Touya, instead of the original line Megumi Ogata started listing off all the different kinds of buns Yukito had bought. It went something like "Let's see... I've got pizza buns, curry buns, meat buns... enough for everyone!” In the original scene, Yukito goes to hand one to Syaoran and he gets shy and backs away, but instead Motoko Kumai ad-libbed and said "No way, I want a pork bun!" making that the reason why Syaoran ran away.

The elevator scene was done very seriously and was lovely to see live.

The Song

After the live dubs, The Song card was introduced next and the audience was told that we would hear two live performances by Sakura Tange and Junko Iwao.

Sakura Tange sang the third OP song “Platinum” for us and Junko Iwao sang one of Tomoyo’s character songs from the anime - “Yoru no Uta.”

After this, a buzzer went off and we were told there would be a special guest joining us! My heart stopped because I thought for a brief, foolish moment that it might be Nanase Ogawa, but instead the cast was joined on stage by both Kero and Suppie life-sized mascots! Then a birthday cake was brought out and we were asked to sing Happy Birthday to Sakura. I think this is the point where the live feed on Animate’s website started for those of you who were able to watch.

The audience joined in and sang to Sakura, and Sakura Tange responded in Sakura’s voice.

The Release:

When the Birthday Song was over, the cast started to discuss the new Clear Card arc. The discussion wasn’t too in depth because they wanted to avoid spoilers for those who haven’t read the series yet. However, this was the point the introduced the trailer for the 3rd Volume Special Edition’s OAD.

The hall got very quiet and everyone turned off their batons. The trailer shows that they will be redoing the finale of the original anime to fit the original adaptation in the manga. Syaoran’s confession at the park and Sakura’s gradual realization of her feelings and making of the bear for Syaoran are being animated for the first time.

Sakura Tange confirmed after the trailer finished that they literally just did the voice work for this about 5 days ago, so it was a very well kept secret!!

At this point I think the cast began to wind down the evening and gave us each their special thanks. They all seem very happy and excited to be back and working on Cardcaptor Sakura again. Sakura Tange said she had been hoping to do a live dub at most, but never dreamed it would actually happen.

For the finale, Sakura spoke her invincible spell saying “It will definitely be alright!” and asked the audience to shout “RELEASE” after reciting the spell to unleash her key. She chanted the spell and at the end the audience chimed in and shook the light batons as the curtain closed on the event. The cast waved until the very.

Upon leaving, each member of the audience got a special copy of the Sakura Newspaper announcing the anime. Also, as a bonus, @brienneoftarth (who had separate assigned seating from me) said that the row in front of her had been reserved for the member of Madhouse! They came to see the performance with press passes of sorts and she overheard them saying “Wow there’s a great turn out for this... I didn’t think it would be so popular!”

Honestly, I think this was one of the best events I’ve ever been to and I’m so glad we are getting what we are with the anime. This year and next year, we have a lot to look forward to guys! :D Until next time, take care!

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